Exterior of Hutchinson Hall at University of Washington

OMNIA Break Room

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4040 George Washington Lane NE - Google Map
$10-$23
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Once upon a time, there was a group of people who longed to be happy. 

The people spent their days inside a giant room filled with shelves and boxes. 

And inside that giant room there were other smaller rooms where the people worked in different ways. 
One had a conveyor belt. 
One had computers. 
One had machines to pick up heavy things. 
And one a refrigerator and lockers, plus a table and a coffee pot. 
 
And every day, the people moved from one room to another when the giant clock told them to. 
In those rooms, they worked so very hard but rarely talked to each other. 
And the work was long. 
And the work was tiring and lonely. 
And every day was the same as the one before. 
 
Until one day. 
It wasn't. 
 
In a world of streamlined efficiency, the employees of OMNIA (Latin for “everything”) convene in the breakroom during their shifts. Employees feel isolated and disconnected in an environment constantly extracting the most of people, until the inhumane system creates a schism, revealing a different life on the other side.
 
Created over three months by Professor Adrienne Mackey with a cohort of current students, OMNIA BREAK ROOM is a world premier that explores a group of people reaching beyond what they know.
 
OMNIA BREAK ROOM
Conceived and directed by Adrienne Mackey
Created with Nour Afifi, Minki Bai, Jerik Fernandez, Adriana Gonzales, Betzabeth Gonzalez, Eunice Han, Evie Hawkins, Marley Keith, Yeonshin Kim, Marena Kleinpeter, Porter Lance, Heather Freed Loschen, Taylor McWilliams-Woods, Sebastián Bravo Montenegro, Ren, Sebastian Wang
November 6 - 16, 2025
Preview November 3 (October 31 preview has been cancelled)
Meany Studio Theatre
 
Run time: Approximately 80 minutes with no intermission
Content Warning: Show contains haze and strobing lights
 
 
Cast
EnsembleMinki Bai*
EnsembleJerik Fernandez*
EnsembleAdriana Gonzales*
EnsembleBetzabeth Gonzalez*
EnsembleYeonshin Kim*
EnsembleTaylor McWilliams-Woods*
EnsembleLogan West**
BA EnsembleJulie Chen˚ 
BA EnsembleZo Eisenbrey˚ 
BA EnsembleAda Hogue˚ 
BA EnsembleEliot Lesinski˚ 
BA EnsembleConnor Richards˚ 
BA EnsembleJoan Swartwood˚ 
UnderstudyRiko Kishitani˚ 
UnderstudyTifanie Ngo˚ 
UnderstudyLucy Major˚ 
Creative Team
DirectorAdrienne Mackey†
Scenic DesignerEunice Han*
Costume DesignerEvie Hawkins*
Lighting DesignerMarley Keith*
Sound DesignerM.L. Dogg†; Heather Freed Loschen˚
Stage ManagerKathryn Louise
˚ Undergraduate student at UW     
*Graduate student at UW
†School of Drama faculty/staff member
** UW Drama alumnus
Event Type
Season or Series